Grace laughed lightly. “Nonsense! I know you mean well, James. You’re just in love with Cordelia.” James was horrified. “I am fond of her, that is all. We are friends, as you and I are.” “Oh?” Grace said. “And if she arrives here in Idris and tells you she has met the most wonderful man and they have had a whirlwind romance and now they are promised to each other? You would only congratulate her like you would any of your friends?” “I would tell her she was too young to get married,” James said stiffly. The truth was that when he thought of Cordelia marrying someone else, it felt like being
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